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ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… them an alternative space to articulate their views. The emergence of a number of publications in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century spearheaded…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… During the 1930s there were attempts by African workers to organise … fragmented African trade unions into a large federation of non-racial trade unions…
Present Stage of the Struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 1 June 1968
… Twenty years ago last month, a minority of the white minority in South Africa, steeped in the doctrines Hitler sought to impose by force on mankind, ……
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… The series of clashes historically known as, Frontier Wars date back to 1779 when Xhosa people, Boers, Khoikhoi, San and the British clashed intermittently…
’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 8 October 1963
… by Oliver Tambo I wish to express my deep gratitude for the privilege accorded to me to address this important body. … to appear before this Committee,…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
… The Chris Hani Institute (CHI) was launched in 2003 to promote the values and principles practised by Chris Hani and others in their struggle to serve the…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it ……
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… In 1924 the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at representing and promoting the interests of university and college students…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Swaziland Education : High School, Polokwane University of Fort Hare :English Degree Rhodes University : Teaching … South African in a country where his race…
Opening Statement delivered by comrade N.R. Mandela, President of the ANC at the meeting between the presidents of the ANC and IFP Lutheran Centre, Bonaero Park, 23 June 1993
… Statement delivered by comrade N.R. Mandela, President of the ANC at the meeting between the presidents of the ANC and IFP …
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… and Lesotho in 1980 and after, did not cease to work with the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid and write as well as encourage others to write…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Africa Regional Conference of the Food and Agricultre Organisation: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 4 March 2004
… The Director-General of FAO, Dr Jacques Diouf, The Independent Chair of Council, Mr Aziz Mekour, Honourable Ministers, Your … Address by President Thabo…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… artist who spent several decades living in exile. He left the country because of the continual hardships and injustices of the apartheid … Biography of…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds … Trades and Labour Council (SATLC), popularly known as the Trade and Labour Council. In 1944…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… African Jews such as Eli Weinberg were heavily involved in the country’s anti-apartheid movement and faced exile as a … political activism, religion Eli…
Oration by the ANC Gauteng Chairperson Paul Mashatile at the funeral service of the late Ephraim Motlalepula Nkoe, 11 May 2013, Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown, Soweto
… laha Nkoe Mme le bana ba Comrade Ephraim Nkoe Friends of Comrade Ephraim, in particular Comrade Rapu Molekane NEC … former Chair and Executive Mayor of…
ArchiveComments on the financial allegations contained in the 4th interim report of the Schlebusch/le Grange Commission
… Comments by Finance Officer, elect, of the National Union of South African Students, refuting claims by the Schlebusch Commission of financial irregularities…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… Abstract : For most of his life, Arthur Nortje’s poetry remained relatively … young at 28. Activist Dennis Brutus called Nortje “perhaps the best South…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… This article was written by Justin Lawler and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During the times of apartheid,…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… in exile. Klug believed that South Africa was in need of a constitutional democracy that allowed for the majority to be represented by the rulers of the…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… The student movement Rhodes Must Fall (#RhodesMustFall, #RMF) garnered much media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement defiled a…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… The Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO) was … in 1990 at a consultative conference held in Johannesburg. The aim of FOSACO was to…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… Congress Chief Representative to Sweden and United States of America, South African Ambassador to Germany Abstract Lindiwe Mabuza is a poet who has served as…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Africa in 1960, she used her success to shine a light on the ugly truths of apartheid government. She utilised her voice to sing political songs and deliver…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded in October 1954 by 61 … unions mainly representing White workers and mixed unions of Coloured and…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Barry Gilder – The ANC Musician, Soldier, and Spy Abstract Barry Gilder is one of South Africa’s most important revolutionaries that fought against the…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… African jazz musician who was frequently oppressed by the apartheid regime in South Africa. As a Coloured man in … He eventually sought political exile in…
Address by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), 1 December 2010
… 1 December 2010 President of COSATU; General-Secretary of COSATU and other national … join you as you mark a significant historical milestone in the history…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… Ntsiki Biko and members of the Biko family; Distinguished guests; Ladies and … gentlemen, We are gathered here to pay homage to one of the greatest sons of…